My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 10/27/2008

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[0:15]" It's sunny sixty degrees in Boston right now I'm Diane Stern and here's what we're following in the WBZ news from the day is so far on Wall Street."

[0:24]" Wall Street's final trading hour we are sliding again from the games we enjoyed most of the day the Dow losing 33 now NASDAQ down sixteen MarketWatch report coming up. What is Barney Frank think about Wall Street."

[0:35]" I will be very nervous I'm Carl Stevens in the back bay -- Stanley tragedy and western -- the death of an eight year old and a Westfield gun range remains under investigation I'm Lana Jones."

[1:17]" Many investors are on hold says Alan Valdez head of floor trading at Hilliard Lyons tomorrow we get consumer confidence that's a big issue we're going to be watching that tomorrow. And then we got the Fed's cutting on Wednesday at their predictions the Federal Reserve could trim short term interest rates to the lowest level in fifty years. Ginny Kosola CBS news at the new York stock."

[1:38]" Sales of new homes sales around her new home sales rose by two point 7% last month experts had expected sales would drop from August. What are the key players in the government bailout plan is expressing his hopes for Wall Street long term WBZ's Carl Stevens has that."

[1:55]" After speaking to members of the Greater Boston chamber of commerce here this morning congressman Barney Frank chairman of the house financial services committee was asked. What might happen on Wall Street he said he's going to be nervous until a couple things happen. -- what we need a more."

[2:12]" And trying to reduce the number of local secondly. We need to pass an economic recovery package that about the states cannot become. So -- the way the key construction projects like."

[2:23]" And hopes to get that stimulus plan passed before the end of the year. Downtown Boston Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio -- there are many questions after the death of an eight year old who accidentally shot himself at a gun affair and Westfield. WBZ's Lana Jones tells us authorities are looking at a number of issues this afternoon -- the police lieutenant -- the -- says the boy was receiving training on a nine millimeter micro Uzi and gun scene in a lot of action movie it's."

[2:48]" it was loaded and prepared by the instructor. When the young boy wants by the -- appears that -- Rico on the weapon case to -- the front bill came towards his head and one -- struck and had."

[3:00]" John Rosenthal of stop handgun violence himself a hunter and shooter says an eight year old should not have been handling that kind of a gun."

[3:06]" You know military style weapons high powered weapons have pretty significant. Recall oil and you know an average eight year old is probably too small."

[3:15]" Police and Hampden county DA's office are looking into licensing and other issues surrounding the accident Lana Jones WBZ Newsradio 1030 the victim Christopher Brazil's brother a sixth grader was there when it happened as was the boy's father Charles director of emergency medicine at a hospital in Stafford springs Connecticut. WBZ news time now 33 and here is Scott -- The Subaru dealers of New England all wheel drive traffic on the streets brought to you by Anna Maria College good afternoon Scott."

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[4:41]" WBZ news time now 34 bright sunshine in Boston it is a nice afternoon bit of -- breeze sixty right now increasing clouds though tonight. Level low in the forties tomorrow's outlook turning windy and chilly. -- a high of 52 temperatures are dropping in the afternoon rain heavy at times windy and colder tomorrow night chance of rain or. Snow showers. And snow. And then Wednesday partly sunny windy and cold with a high of 48 degrees we will have much more on the forecast in just about five minutes here on WBZ Newsradio 1030. Eight days to go before America votes the presidential candidates and their running mates are using the time left to focus on battleground states including Ohio. Senator John McCain told advisers in Cleveland today that President Bush was wrong on the economy. ABC's Vic Ratner is there."

[5:33]" With one -- on the falling stock market John McCain promised swift action if elected. To stop the Wall Street's slide."

[5:41]" I know and the smartest people in business and industry agree that these actions will restore confidence. Get stock prices moving up again and increase the value of your hard earned savings and investments."

[5:54]" McCain met here in Cleveland with his brain trust of economists and top business leaders. Vic Ratner ABC news with the McCain campaign in Cleveland."

[6:03]" Democrat Barack Obama this afternoon in Kenton Ohio again linked McCain with the president telling voters. The they have a chance to reject quote the same old bush McCain policies. Obama took aim at McCain's tax plan it's it's not."

[6:17]" Change when he comes up with a tax plan that doesn't give a -- relate to more than a hundred million middle class Americans that is not change."

[6:28]" Obama adding that down the homestretch McCain has been calling him every name in the book and distorting his views. Republican VP nominees Sarah Taylor one in Fredericksburg Virginia today painted Obama as a tax and spend their."

[6:41]" You can't do that. Or you can do is go with your gut and either way you draw that same conclusion. Barack Obama is for a bigger more controlling government and higher taxes. --"

[6:55]" I also met in Leesburg Virginia with Israel's ambassador to the United States -- meridor she told him that she looks forward to hearing about his work -- the Jewish agency. And apparent reference to the Jewish agency for Israel. Never door used to be the chair of that organization. Black hawk down a US helicopter had to make an emergency landing in central Afghanistan. When insurgents exchanged gunfire with American troops on board. Now the crew suffered no casualties four militants were reported killed. In northern Afghanistan a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform killed two US soldiers and wounded five other people including an American. At a police station. Down -- in an Afghan Iraqi border town buried loved ones they say were killed and US raid inside Syria. Mourners shouted anti American slogans. And carried banners that read down with bush and the American animate. One of the villagers said American forces grabbed two men and took them away by helicopter. Yesterday a pentagon official confirmed that special forces had conducted a raid in Syria. Targeting the al-Qaeda linked to foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq. The Syrian government says the raid killed eight people. WBZ news 938."

[8:15]" Yeah see the news at wbz1030.com. It's it was happening on Wall Street down here is Andrew a day at marketwatch.com. Well Diane Wall Street has surrendered its moderate to strong gains here in the final trading hour but traders are still bucking that terrible trend of global financial markets down strongly once again today. Right now the Dow gaining four points NASDAQ down nine S&P 500 down five. He administrators get the second report showing increases in home sales and two trading days Friday we heard existing home sales rose five and half percent last month. Today the government says new home sales rose two point 7% with the inventory of unsold homes sliding. The economy may be in tough shape right now though we still only to communicate arise in the nation's second largest phone company behind AT&T. Reports earnings of one and two thirds billion dollars for the third quarter. Revenue came in ahead of expectations despite continued declines in the traditional phone business. It's -- wireless division that shined once again. Business report today and 38 past the hour I'm Andrew O'Day marketwatch.com. On WBZ Newsradio 1030."

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[10:29]" WBZ news time 31060. Degrees sunshine in Boston right now. Let's check out the forecast and Bob Larson has at the extended WBZ AccuWeather fourth forecast excuse me through Thursday. And it's brought you buy D and L liquors."

[10:43]" By increasing cloudiness this evening then cloudy overnight low 44 -- turning windy and chilly with rain heavy at times a high of fifty TH of July dropped to the afternoon. Windy and colder tomorrow I may be a few leftover showers even a couple of snow showers parts of the area low 35 partly sunny windy and cold on Wednesday I'm 48 cited a partly cloudy quite chilly Thursday I'm 48. -- weather just ten minutes on WBZ AccuWeather meteorologist. Bob Larson."

[11:09]" Sunny and breezy sixty degrees in Boston."

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[13:12]" This is time 313 here is not collectors and dealers of New England all wheel drive traffic on ferries brought to you by the outline of Massachusetts. Like Diane with a few different things up north on 93 southbound there's a crash in the median -- commerce way in Woburn I want 28 northbound we just picked up an accident in the breakdown lane near foreign to 25 in Lexington. Now once -- south highway of the disabled bus it's in the right lane near wins street in Burlington. 128. On the northbound up through Wakefield in Winfield is okay everyone northbound looks good up through -- the expressway southbound tied up for mass ave to seven Hilan northbound hung up at Neponset. With for in the South Shore looks good the Laurent once when he southbound fund for the mass bike down the Braintree. Now downtown the lower -- of 93 is fine so is the Leverett connector and sorrow drive Mass Pike westbound moving well while through Natick and Framingham. That's reported 323 when WB ZA's traffic conferees I'm."

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[15:04]" WBZ news timed out 350 and Tom Cuddy is here with sports."

[15:21]" Right now I think it's pretty obvious -- that. We've got a lot of our good players that -- at the top of their game and they you know we can we can stand here pretend and and sugar coated but you don't. Maybe that's encouraging because it means that we can be that much better and once everybody kind of finds -- game and and we start playing -- way we can will be that much better."

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[16:15]" Called -- is complete -- this coverage available right here on WBZ radio all season long by the way tomorrow night's Celtics cavs game begins at 8 o'clock. But the ring ceremony takes place at 730 World Series tonight in Philadelphia Phillies can win the World Series with a win over Tampa Monday Night Football Indianapolis. At Tennessee. It's 3:17 -- WBZ news Tom Cuddy WBZ radio sports."